Official UK procurement notice
A9 Dualling: Pitlochry to Killiecrankie project
Authority: Transport Scotland·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Scope involves the dualling of approximately four miles (6.4km) of existing single carriageway on the A9 trunk road between Pitlochry and Killiecrankie. This consists of approximately 4km of online widening and approximately 2km of offline construction. The new/upgraded carriageway will be to Dual 2 lane All-purpose roads Sub-category c (D2APc) standard, in accordance with ‘CD 109 Highway Link Design’ within the UK Design Manual for Roads and Bridges. The project also includes (but is not limited to) construction of two grade separated junctions, construction of two left-in left-out junctions, construction of two major underbridges, demolition and replacement of three existing underbridges, an extension of one existing rail underbridge and construction of one new rail underbridge, provision of five other new underbridges/underpasses, six new retaining walls and fifteen culverts. Additionally, the project involves maintenance works at the existing Tummel underbridge, provision of traffic management, earthworks, road restraint systems, accommodation works, service diversions, fencing, signage, landscaping and environmental mitigation.
CPV: Access road construction work · Construction work for highways, roads · Culverts · Cycle path construction work · Demolition, site preparation and clearance work · Dual carriageway construction work · Environmental improvement works · Erection of road-barriers · Excavating and earthmoving work · Footpath construction work · Installation of road lighting equipment · Installation of road signs · +12 more
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name…Published value£205,000,000
Transport Scotland is an agency of the Scottish Government and contracts in the name of and on behalf of the Scottish Ministers. Transport Scotland has identified the requirement to appoint a suitably experienced Contractor to design & build a new dual carriageway from a point approximately 1km south of the existing Tummel underbridge near Pitlochry, to the southern end of the existing dual carriageway at the Pass of Killiecrankie.
The contract will include a 260 week period of maintenance after completion of the main works and a 260 week period of landscape establishment following completion of landscape planting. The Contractor will not be required to carry out cyclic maintenance, which shall be carried out by a third party appointed by the Scottish Ministers.
The Contractor will be procured through a Competitive Dialogue procedure, in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015. Transport Scotland will manage the proposed procurement process for the A9 Dualling Pitlochry to Killiecrankie Contract on behalf of the Scottish Ministers.
In the event of a Contract award, the Contract will be entered into between the Scottish Ministers and the successful tenderer.
The procurement process leading to the award of the Contract will comprise the following:
- Prequalification (SPD) (approx. 6 weeks)
- Competitive Dialogue (approx. 33 weeks)
- Tender (approx. 6 weeks)
- Award
Detailed information regarding the award process and award criteria for the tender phase will be supplied to economic operators who are invited to participate in dialogue.
Transport Scotland shall notify Participants when the Competitive Dialogue phase has concluded and invite the Participants who have presented an acceptable solution to submit a final tender.
The form of contract is to be an NEC4 Engineering and Construction Contract (ECC) Option A: priced contract with activity schedule with amendments. Additionally, there will be an employer’s design with a re-measurable bill of quantities for maintenance works associated with the existing Tummel Bridge.
Contract documentation will be provided at Invitation to Participate in Dialogue (ITPD) stage to shortlisted participants, however the DRAFT conditions of contract will be made available for all economic operators to review within the Information Pack. Refer to Section VI.3) for further information on how to access to the Information Pack.
Transport Scotland is providing a DRAFT of its conditions of contract to ensure prospective economic operators are informed as early as possible of the contract. The DRAFT conditions of contract are subject to change and no obligation, liability, duty of care or responsibility to any party is created by or shall arise out of this.
Selected Participants, following the Competitive Dialogue stage, shall be invited to submit a final tender on the same contract terms and conditions.
To be considered for the prequalification stage, economic operators are required to complete and submit a Single Procurement Document (SPD) in accordance with this Contract Notice and the Supplementary Information Document (SID) which can be accessed via the Additional Documents located within the Additional Notice Options, this can be downloaded via the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗).
Economic operators shall be evaluated in accordance with the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015, on the basis of the information they have provided within the SPD.
It is intended that the Contract will include the design and construction of the works which will last approximately 195 weeks, followed by a 260 week period of maintenance including defect correction and establishment of landscaping. Additional information: Economic operators who initially meet but then subsequently fails to meet the objective criteria, prior to contract award, shall be excluded. Economic operators may be excluded from this competition if they are in any of the situations referred to in regulation 58 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Including approach to delivery & management, technical aspects, construction, commercial, risk and sustainability aspects of the project.: 50%
- Further information on scoring of the prices can be found in the Supplementary Information Document.: 50%
Published award criteria (2)
- Including approach to delivery & management, technical aspects, construction, commercial, risk and sustainability aspects of the project.: 50
- Further information on scoring of the prices can be found in the Supplementary Information Document.: 50
- Suitability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module and Supplementary Information Document which can be found in the Additional Documents, within the Additional Notice Options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗)
Economic operators must be enrolled in the relevant professional or trade registers kept in the Member state of its establishment (as described in Schedule 5 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015) (i.e., registered under Companies House). Economic operators should provide details under SPD Question Ref. 4A.1.
Accreditation
Economic operators or their appropriate subcontractors must be accredited under National Highway Sector Scheme (NHSS). The relevant NHSS accreditations are included within the section VI.3 of the Supplementary Information Document.
Economic operators who are not accredited shall not progress beyond the assessment selection stage.
Economic operators must provide confirmation of the required accreditations under SPD Question Ref. 4D.1, in accordance with the requirements of this Contract Notice.
Staff
The successful tenderer shall be required to comply with the CDM Regulations (2015) and to comply with all other relevant health and safety law. Additionally, all site staff are to be accredited under the Construction Skills Construction Safety Scheme (CSCS) or equivalent.
Standards and Specification
Subject to the other provisions of the Contract, the standards and specificat…
- Economic & financial standing
Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. To determine these standards, economic operators shall:
a) in response to SPD Question Ref. 4B1a, provide the specified annual turnover for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years;
b) in response to SPD Question Ref. 4B.6, provide the name, range and score of nine financial criteria for each year for the last two years of trading, or for the period which is available if trading for less than two years; and
c) in response to SPD Question Ref. 4B.5, confirm they already have or can commit to obtain, prior to commencement of the contract, the required levels of insurance.
In addition to the information requested under (a) to (c), economic operators must provide a link / copies of the associated annual accounts as filed at Companies House (or equivalent if not a UK registered company). For the avoidance of doubt, if an economic operator fails to provide accounts relating to its last two full years of trading that are due to have been filed, that economic operator will be excluded from this procurement competition.
Where economic operators have not yet been trading for a full two year period, such that filed accounts are not yet due and available, and limited only to that circumstance, the required information to support (a) to (c) above may take the form of appropriate third party / statements setting out turnover, pr…
Minimum: Economic operators shall be required to satisfy minimum standards of economic and financial standing. These are described below: Evaluation Criteria Ratios (SPD Question Ref. 4B.6) The following nine evaluation criteria shall be scored, for each year of the last two years of trad… - Technical & professional ability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module and Supplementary Information Document which can be found
in the Additional Documents, within the Additional Notice Options of the Public Contracts Scotland portal (www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗)
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 100 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 10 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Competitive dialogue
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 30 Apr 2025, 10:56 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2025, 11:02 BST
- Authority reference
TS/MP/WKS/2025/01- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-050073- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0509e3Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
It is the Client’s policy to measure the performance of the Contractor on a regular basis.
In the event that the Contractor’s performance falls below a satisfactory level, the Contractor will be invited to determine a means of rectifying the situation. Repeated or continual performance failures may result in suspension or termination of the contract.
Publisher note: To be considered for this procurement competition, Economic Operators should complete an SPD through the Public Contract Scotland portal and submit the completed SPD in accordance with the timescales specified in this notice. Please note there are minimum requirements concerning Cyber Security for this contract. If successful, it is expected that the Economic Operators will commit to holding a valid Cyber Essentials certificate, if not already held. Economic operators will be asked to confirm that they will pay staff based in the UK that are involved in the delivery of this Contract at least the real Living Wage. A project Information Pack will be made available to all prospective economic operators who have requested access on 31 July 2025. Detail on the Information Pack is contained in the Supplementary Information Document. This information is supplied without warranty and Transport Scotland shall be under no liability for any error, misstatement or omission of such information. To register to obtain access to this Information Pack Prospective economic operators are requested to contact [email protected]. Please refer to the Supplementary Information Document for full additional information. Details of community benefit provisions will be made available at ITPD stage to shortlisted participants. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=804803. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. A sub-contract clause has been included in this contract. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2363 Community benefits are included in this requirement. For more information see: https://www.gov.scot/policies/public-sector-procurement/community-benefits-in-procurement/ A summary of the expected community benefits has been provided as follows: The appointed Contractor will be required to deliver Community Benefits in support of the authority’s economic, social and environmental objectives. The project aims to facilitate the involvement of Small and Medium sized Enterprises (SMEs), third sector bodies and supported businesses, as well as offering employment and training opportunities, and promoting innovation in line with our sustainable procurement duty under the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. The project will encourage good quality and fair work and a Contractors approach to fair work practices will be assessed as part of this procurement and monitored under the contract. (SC Ref:804803) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=804803
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 18 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
Timeline
14 Jul 2025 → 20 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Next notice expected14 Jul 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published20 Aug 2025, 11:02 BST
- Submission deadline399 days ago18 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
- Invitations to tender expected368 days ago20 Oct 2025, 00:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 24 Jul 2025- Status changed to active24 Jul 2025, 13:42 BST
- Procurement method changed24 Jul 2025, 13:42 BST
- Deadline published: 4 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST24 Jul 2025, 13:42 BST
- Buyer details updated24 Jul 2025, 13:42 BST
- Deadline moved to 18 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST20 Aug 2025, 11:02 BST+14 days · was 4 Sept 2025, 12:00 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.2 | 4 Sept 2025 | 18 Sept 2025 | +14 d |
| — | DateEstimated date of dispatch of invitations · IV.2.3 | 20 Oct 2025 | 3 Nov 2025 | +14 d |
Noting the issues relating to staff and supplier availability during the holiday period, the period for submission will be extended by two weeks to Thursday, 18th September 2025.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeDispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff Clerk’s OfficeReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.